Historical Fiction
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The Broken Weathervane
By Laura DeNooyer This story started out straight-forward enough, but turned into an absolute tangled knot – to the point where I wasn’t even sure how it was going to end! 1950s: The Buckwalter Brothers Grocery Store is a Wisconsin… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: A Fierce Devotion
By Laura Frantz One of the few things that made the end of my vacation tolerable was the knowledge that this novella was waiting for me back home. I binge read almost all of it in one afternoon! Gabrielle Farrow… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: The Seamstress of Acadie by Laura Frantz
As Mary at the Covenant Christian Resource Center in Randolph knows, I have been waiting for this book for a year. Laura Frantz releases these historical fiction gems every January and I clear my reading schedule for them. Each book… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: The Lacemaker
By Laura Frantz To celebrate the start of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, I decided to reread this gem in (almost) real time. This was the first Laura Frantz book I read. Quite a few years ago, my… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: Finding Lady Enderly
By Joanna Davidson Politano Cinderella meets My Fair Lady in this stunning Gilded Age mystery novel! Raina practically lives on the streets of London where she works as a rag woman and mourns the loss of the sailor she loved.… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: The Fur Trader’s Lady
By Gabrielle Meyer As a kid, I loved reading books about the frontier and the fur trade. Sadly, there’s not a ton of good adult historical fiction on the subject, so I was eager to read this new release by… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: Written in Secret
By Crystal Caudill Wow! This book was an absolute gem! Cincinnati is rocked with the shocking murders of criminals who, through connections, had escaped punishment. But what made these deaths so sensational is that they were predicted by the pen… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: Johnny Tremain
Starring Hal Stalmaster This movie was an absolute staple when I was a kid. I watched it again on April 19th (for obvious reasons) and I was surprised that I could still quote full scenes. Between this movie and the… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House
By Joanna Davidson Politano I won’t pass up a chance to read a Joanna Davidson Politano book, so I was thrilled to get my hands on an ARC through NetGalley. Sydney Forrester has a mechanical mind. She loves to create,… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: The Burning of Rosemont Abbey
By Naomi Stephens Wow! I think I might have found my favorite book of 2025! Nancy Drew meets Agatha Christie in this 1950’s British mystery. Paul Everly burnt Rosemont Abbey to the ground and then disappeared. That’s what everyone believes.… Continue reading
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